Lt. Matt Lasky said the cruiser was
driving in the area of Saginaw Street north of Stanley Road around 12:45 a.m.
March 2 when a newer-model Chevrolet pickup truck came from behind at a high
rate of speed and hit the back of the cruiser.

Lasky said the cruiser was shoved
across three lanes of traffic, through a parking lot and into a ditch. The
officer was taken to the hospital, treated and released, Lasky said. The driver
of the pickup, a 47-year-old Mt. Morris man, was arrested.

The Michigan State Police is
handling the investigation. The man has not yet been charged.